[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71037-71038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29615]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Proposed National Toxicology Program (NTP) Review Process for the
Report on Carcinogens: Request for Public Comment and Listening
Session: Amended Notice
AGENCY: Division of the National Toxicology Program (DNTP), National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); National Institutes
of Health (NIH).
ACTION: Extension of time for the public listing session and increase
in the number of oral presenters.
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SUMMARY: The NTP announces that the public listening session on the
proposed review process for the Report on
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Carcinogens on November 29, 2011, has been extended from 1-5 p.m. (EST)
to 1-7 p.m. (EST). Registration to present oral remarks is increased
from the first 15 to the first 23 registrants who wish to speak, with
one time slot per organization. However, the total number of
connections available for all registrants (including speakers plus
observers) remains at 50. Presenters will speak in the order that they
are registered. The agenda, including the list of speakers, will be
posted on the NTP Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/rocprocess)
prior to the November 29, 2011, listening session. Information
regarding the listening session was published on October 31, 2011, in
the Federal Register (76 FR 67200) and is available on the NTP Web site
(http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/rocprocess). The guidelines and deadlines
published in the Federal Register notice still apply except as noted
above. Any updates or additional information will be posted on the NTP
Web site.
DATES: The public listening session will be held November 29, 2011, 1-7
p.m. (EST). The deadline for submission of written comments is November
30, 2011, and the deadline to register for the public listening session
is November 21, 2011. Registrants will receive information to access
the listening session on or before November 22, 2011, and speakers
should send oral statements and/or slides by close of business on
November 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Written public comments and materials from speakers for the
listening session should be sent to Dr. Ruth Lunn, Director, Office of
the Report on Carcinogens, DNTP, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD K2-14,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone: (919) 316-4637 or email
[email protected]. Courier address: NIEHS, Room 2006, 530 Davis Drive,
Morrisville, NC 27560. Registration for the listening session is via
the NTP Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/rocprocess). TTY users
should contact the Federal TTY Relay Service at (800) 877-8330.
Requests must be made at least 5 business days in advance of the
listening session.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or comments should be
directed to Dr. Lunn (see ADDRESSES).
Dated: November 8, 2011.
John R. Bucher,
Associate Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 2011-29615 Filed 11-15-11; 8:45 am]
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